Train Dreams

90 **Amazing Films Ranked** I feel as though I can taste and smell this film. Joel Edgerton's face is familiar; the warm embrace of campfire is everlasting. Life feels linear here, and all of the intrinsically linked layers of storytelling resonate differently when they are repeatedly interrogated and questioned and reflected on in different contexts. Every turning point in Robert's life provides an alternate perspective on his prior existence. The condensed and intimate visual style, combined with an earthly soundscape contribute to the film's success. Everything around this character feels incredibly familiar, and therefore honest, authentic emotion becomes a result. Perhaps the most vivid image of a loved one is created when you can only imagine them. I can picture this film as an oscillation. Like an oscillation, the atmosphere of this film sits above and below, like in peaks and in troughs, and is constant. It flows, yet it oscillates. And that's when it's the saddest, when it has nowhere to rest. Like water, like sound, and like... dreams.